Zachary Quinto, Patti LuPone, Hank Azaria, Clark Gregg Join Gilded Age Murder Mystery Series ‘The Artist’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Zachary Quinto (Brilliant Minds, American Horror Story), Patti LuPone (Agatha All Along, Beau Is Afraid) Hank Azaria (Brockmire, Ray Donovan) and Clark Gregg (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Painkiller) have joined the cast of The Artist, a Gilded Age murder mystery limited series from the free, ad-supported streamer and studio The Network.
They join previously announced Mandy Patinkin, Janet McTeer and Danny Huston. Created, executive produced, written and directed by filmmaker and The Network founder Aram Rappaport, The Artist, set in the twilight of the Gilded Age, follows an ensemble of the era’s celebrities including Thomas Edison (Azaria), Edgar Degas (Huston) and Evelyn Nesbit who meet at the home of Norman Henry, an eccentric and failing tycoon, played by Patinkin, and his wife Marian (McTeer) which ends in his untimely demise.
Production on the seven-episode limited series is currently underway in Connecticut. Premiere is slated for March 2025. Quinto will play Delphin Delmas, a white shoe lawyer from San Francisco.
LuPone portrays Rosie Morsch, Marian Henry’s (McTeer) mercurial and disapproving sister. Brought even closer by the death of their parents at an early age, Rosie’s love for Marian is only outpaced by her disdain for Norman Henry (Patinkin).
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